2014 Fiat 500L: transmission slipping

Filed Jan 26, 2025 · Electrical, Transmission · IA

Engine randomly stalls and will not restart upon entering on-ramps. Automatic transmission randomly fails and slips into limp mode while accelerating from stop lights or accelerating into highway traffic. This issue has caused numerous light rear end collisions with other vehicles following too closely when the transmission malfunctions, causing the other vehicle to impact the rear bumper of the 500L. I had to have the vehicle towed out of traffic because it would not restart or move under it’s own power

Filed Oct 16, 2024 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · OR

The contact owns a 2014 FIAT 500L. The contact stated that while driving at unknown speeds, the transmission began slipping out of gear. The transmission warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Filed Oct 23, 2019 · Transmission · 35,264 miles · NJ

When I bought my 2014 fiat 500l in 2017, it had an open recall that was supposed to address the shifting issues but it did not. I periodically get errors to shift to neutral and then reverse/drive b/c to try to get out of a parking spot. On 10/22/18, I started getting "gear unavailable" errors and had to have my car towed out of a parking spot b/c it would not shift into reverse. Last winter in cold weather, it started slipping into "limp mode" when trying to accelerate on route 42 where all I could do was pull over and restart the car (but no error message that the mechanic could address). On 9/30/19 I took it to the fiat dealer in maple shade, nj, where they told me at 35,000 miles the transmission would not engage (p1cb1 gear shift actuator failure) and need to be replaced. But when the insurance adjuster got there he could not replicate the issues so they would not cover a new transmission. Fiat customer service offered no assistance even though the issues with this year make/model are well-known.

Filed Jul 30, 2019 · Transmission · 72,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 fiat 500l. While driving various speeds, the transmission slipped. On several occasions, the vehicle would not immediately respond when placed in reverse. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v103000 (power train). The local dealer was not notified. The failure mileage was 72,000.

Filed Jul 20, 2018 · Transmission · 82,500 miles · TX

I bought this car used with about 24k miles on it. Almost immediately after I bought it, I complained about the way it drove. I knew about the recall on this model but the service dept. Always said that my car wasn't affected. Since 2015, I have had the car in because of the way it drives. It shifts slow as if the transmission is "slipping". For two years I endured this and finally took it in last year because it was bypassing gears on the automatic shift (stalling in fourth gear and skipping to the sixth gear). About a month or so ago, the transmission had finally gone bad...not just slow shifting, but the car wouldn't move and was stalling out in the middle of the road, highly unsafe and frightening for my children and myself. The technician performed a transmission "re-learn" and the car ran ok but the issues returned and the car won't go in reverse. Before this issue, it woudn't engage in 1st gear. This caused another issue because though the car would start, it was stalled and wouldn't turn on once I turned the ignition off. The message on the screen says: "gear unavailable" and I can't even use the manual shifter. Since 2015, I have taken this car in for maintenance and they have continually told me that nothing was wrong with this car. I have argued back and forth with them and I am finally tired of being either lied to or mistreated. I have record of all the times I came in to inquire about the transmission on this car. I took the car in because of the recall on the powertrain last month and that worked to some resolution but the problem persisted and I agreed to the transmission re-learn. Fiat agrees that some parts on this car are inferior, but not to the point that they would replace the car or transmission.

Filed Apr 7, 2014 · Transmission · 250 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 fiat 500l. The contact was included in the federal safety agency recall campaign id number: 14v103000 (transmission shift lever). The contact stated while driving at any speed up a hill, down a hill or flat land the gears slipped forward in drive and backward while in reverse. The contact applied the brakes with force and the vehicle failed to stop. The failure was inspected, diagnosed and repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 250.